kcnwaigbo:

My dear people are making legitimate money in this country. Even in this recession, some businessmen will tell you this year has been their best year.Some people are naturally business savvy.

horlabiyi:
They just want to silent this arm of the government but

989900:


U too get time Mo'.

You are having a reasonable convo with 'intelligently f00lish' people.

Ask them if the judges can provide the tax returns or transaction papers for their worth.

Judges wey already know they are in soup, some online touts are still trying to make case for, following fake news sponsored by Wike.

odiks:
Two more judges were yesterday arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS), taking the number of judges so far picked up to nine.

Justices Bashir Sukola and Ladan Manir of the Kaduna State High Court, were arrested in Kaduna and taken to the DSS Headquarters in Abuja at about 8.30pm.

A top source said they were immediately taken in for interrogation.

Six other judges are under probe.

The DSS, it was learnt yesterday, has frozen the accounts of some of the judges under investigation.

In some of the accounts are “huge lodgments”, a source said yesterday.

The agency has received more petitions against the judges. Many of the petitioners, it was learnt, are willing to testify against them.

There were strong indications last night that the judges might be arraigned in court next week because the DSS has set a deadline in order not to extend the investigation of the judges beyond this week.

All of them are to face trial, the source said.
Under probe are two Supreme Court Justices – Sylvester Ngwuta and Inyang Okoro – the suspended Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeal, Ilorin Division, Justice Mohammed Ladan Tsamiya, who was picked up in Sokoto; Justice Adeniyi Ademola (Federal High Court); the Chief Judge of Enugu State, Justice I. A. Umezulike; Justice Kabiru Auta of Kano State High Court; and Justice Muazu Pindiga (Gombe State High Court).

The source, who spoke in confidence because he is not allowed to talk to the media about the investigation, said: “Some accounts have been frozen through orders of the court. This affects some of the judges. Not all of them.

“We found some huge lodgements that are questionable in some accounts and in addition to that we also observed the inflow of their salaries over a long period without them making any withdrawal at all.

“What that means is that they don’t live on their salaries at all. Those accounts have been frozen but as I said not all of the judges are affected.”

On why the judges were yet to be charged to court, the source added: “We are waiting for the action of the NJC. We expect the NJC to suspend them, otherwise it’s like taking a sitting judge to court.

“In the Service, when anybody is being investigated for any serious crime, the first thing we do is to place such a person on suspension.

“After the investigation, such a person would face trial and get dismissed from service on conviction and later face prosecution in the law court.”

Asked what will happen if they are not suspended, the source quipped: “The NJC does not have the luxury not to suspend them.

“We wrote the NJC on Monday but we haven’t received any response.”

There has been a rumour of a hot exchange of words between the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmud Mohammed and the Director-General of the DSS, Mr. Lawan Daura on Monday during a session with the President. “There was no such meeting,” the source said.

The secret service is said to have discovered that a governor, who is sympathetic to the judges, was behind the online publications against the DG of DSS.

The source said: “There is no truth in that at all. There was never such a meeting. The President does not even have such luxury of time.

“Maybe what they are referring to was the visit of the Chief Justice to the DSS headquarters on Sunday afternoon.

“The CJN paid a solidarity visit to the detained judges and expressed some concern. He probably saw the DG too when he learnt that he was in his office at the time of his visit.

“The CJN did not even know that they would be released on bail later that Sunday evening.

“We know it is the handwork of a governor to launch vitriolic media attacks on the DSS. We also know those being used. But Nigeria is greater than all.”

The source gave insights into more petitions being received against the judges by those described as “victims” of bribe.

He expressed confidence that the trial of the judges might begin next week because the DSS has set a timeline to conclude the investigation on or before the end of the week.

The source said: “We are almost through with investigation. The ongoing investigation is not supposed to go beyond this week.

“We have written the NJC about what has happened and we expect the NJC to take some decisions about the affected judges this week. Once that is done, hopefully by next week or thereabouts, we should arraign them in court.

“For now more facts in the form of petitions are coming in about the judges. It’s like everyone who has had cause to go to court for one reason or the other has been a victim.

“Some victims have even indicated their readiness to testify in court.”

The source added that contrary to insinuations, steps were taken to accord the seven judges arrested at the weekend the desired respect before their arrest and while they were in custody.

The sourced added: “Justice Ademola Adeniyi requested that his lawyer should be present before his residence could be searched.

“The counsel came, examined the search warrant and confirmed the validity of the warrant. He thereafter asked the judge to cooperate with the DSS team.

“Some of the judges also allowed their lawyers to witness the search of their homes.”


http://thenationonlineng.net/two-judges-held-dss-freezes-accounts/

Progressive01:
Glad you said "humans".

Perhaps if you look closely, you'd see where the problem lies.

double0seven:



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Judges are not allowed to engage in any other business aside from their duty of presiding over courts.

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kcnwaigbo:

I just stated the position of the law to you. Why don't you ask a lawyer friend of yours to explain that to you?

horlabiyi:
They just want to silent this arm of the government but

kcnwaigbo:

What is a crime in having huge lodgement? From what is been peddled about the DSS has nothing concrete on this judges. It is not a crime for someone to have huge lodgements or for them not to have touched their salaries for a very long time.

I am sure most of these Judges have other investments like so many other Nigerians.Who relies on just one source of income in this country?

SerialGist:
Can we all pause for a minute and ask ourselves some questions? Is this fight against judges a fight for the masses? It is not all about rising in our voices in appraisal to the executive for extending the fight against corruption to the judiciary. The question is, is the fight for the masses? Buhari is fighting judges because outcome of election tribunals didnt favour APC/APC candidates. How many poor men in the street have been denied justice and no one ever confront the judges for upturning judgment? This is just a political fight/tussle between the executive and the judiciary... the elites.

kcnwaigbo:

Since when did it become a crime to keep money at home or to own property? You people should be smarter thsn this!!!Osinbanjo declared More assets then all this and yet some of these judges have been practising law long before him

Aristo3146:
If they have other sources of income, its left to them to come out clear on this...you taking medicine upon another man's headache...do you think you can defend a judge more than he can defend himself its very funny non of those judges has denied any of the accusations, its we the hungry looking zombies that are acting their advocate...there is no way you will earn a honest income from a legitimate source without tax deductions...Been it investment income or otherwise...

saintdennis:



Per the bolded, the ignorance in that statement ehn. Blood of jesus!

I would educate u but I believe google will help u better.

modath:


Olabiyi,you need to receive sense, pls do before it is too late!!





Does this in anyway sound "normal" to you? Stop supporting iwa ibaje nitori atenuje!!!

Ovamboland:


All the above are conjectures, it is an offence to be in possession of unearned wealth, if earned legitimately the paper trail will show the source, value added by the judges and taxes paid etc. If the security agencies can't prove the source is illegal, tax evasion charges can brought against them.
The fact such amount is kept at home is reasonable ground to suspect money laundering, tax evasion, and criminal intent. Are judges legally allowed to engage in active business? eg soliciting for contracts, buying and selling etc. by the codes and ethics of their profession? Even if they are able to prove trhey earned the money found by obtaining contracts, they may still be charged for infractions especially if such contracts came from sources that could be deemed conflict of interest.

kcnwaigbo:

What is a crime in having huge lodgement? From what is been peddled about the DSS has nothing concrete on this judges. It is not a crime for someone to have huge lodgements or for them not to have touched their salaries for a very long time.

I am sure most of these Judges have other investments like so many other Nigerians.Who relies on just one source of income in this country?

modath:


Help a civil servant explain source of funds running into hundreds of millions...



of course nah, they have "investments" especially when they are living on "proceeds of fresh air"








Kindly lead me to the kind of business anyone can start with a sum of 10m or thereabout and will be making hundreds of millions yearly, abeg make a join am, thank you.






*sidebar* sincerely, I don't know why I'm dignifying this with a response, humans shouldn't do this to themselves in the name of "opposition" abeg?

kcnwaigbo:


I am waiting for you to educate me

kcnwaigbo:

What is a crime in having huge lodgement? From what is been peddled about the DSS has nothing concrete on this judges. It is not a crime for someone to have huge lodgements or for them not to have touched their salaries for a very long time.

I am sure most of these Judges have other investments like so many other Nigerians.Who relies on just one source of income in this country?

modath:


Olabiyi,you need to receive sense, pls do before it is too late!!





Does this in anyway sound "normal" to you? Stop supporting iwa ibaje nitori atenuje!!!